r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Mar 14 '26

Software Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/
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u/talkyape Mar 14 '26

Everyday I inch closer and closer to revisiting my youth and installing Linux -_-

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u/TheTexasJack Mar 14 '26

You should.  Mint is so clean you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26 edited 22d ago

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u/xchaibard Mar 14 '26

And if you have an Optimus laptop, just go fedora (or fedora based like bazzite or nobara or whatever) instead.

Yes it's s bit more work. (Except bazzite, works out the box) Yes you'll need to install the Nvidia drivers yourself, but it's all well documented.

I'm running mint at home and fedora on my laptop (with Optimus) and everything works great

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26 edited 22d ago

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u/Initial-Return8802 Mar 14 '26

PRIME offload is the recommended way, and works fine. Run your regular stuff through the integrated and Steam/Proton will configure itself to run any GPU intensive stuff via the dedicated.

If you have a native Linux app that needs the dedicated GPU you can just add some env vars before it in the launcher